Smoking vase



June 24; 1930. J, H, meg-MR1- 1,765,773

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Patented June 24, 1930 PATENT creme JAMES H. REICI-IIART, or MUNCIE, INDIANA SMOKING VASE Application filed June 18',

This invention is for use by people who smoke, particularly ladies, and is an improvement over the ash trays, cuspidors and the like heretofore used.

5 The chief feature of the invention is the combination, with a vase or other receptacle open at the top, of a removable lid thereon which has openings through it for dropping ashes and cigarette and cigar stubs, and a clo- 16 sure or damper-like plate mounted on the under side of the lid with perforations through it adapted to readily open and close the openings through the lid. This enables the vase or other receptacle to be entirely is closed when not in use and be neat and clean and not offensive. This smoking vase, therefore, is an ornament instead of a filthy offensive object in the room and can be used in parlors or the like.

Another feature of the invention is that the lid has'a circular series of depressions substantially ,V-shaped for receiving ashes or the like, and said depressions slope clownwardly toward the center and into the openings in the lower part of the depressions. This enables the cigarette or cigar to rest on the said depressions and the ashes will more readily be removedfrom the lid and drop down through the openings in the lid.

Another feature of the invention consists in mounting a match holder on the lid and in connection with the closure plate below, whereby the said closure plate is operated by turning the match holder. This makes a convenient and sensible combination.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the entire smoking vase. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2 with. the closure plate in closing position. Fig. 4 is a similar section with the closure plate in open position.

There is shown herein in Fig. 1 a vase 10 suitable for this invention in the form of an amphora vase. It is preferably two or three feet high and open at the top. The top is 1 closed by a removable lid 11, preferably circular and with an annular series of depres- 19a. Serial No. 286,156.

sions 12 substantially V-shaped with the point of the V extending inwardly toward the center ofthe lid and the bottom of the depression slopes downwardly toward the center so that be'tween' said depressions there are radially disposed ribs 13. The tops of these ribs are substantially horizontal and on the same high level as the outer edge and central portion of the lid, There is a circular opening 14 in the lower part of each depression 12. This makes a convenient receptacle for ashes and cigarette and cigar stubs. The'cigare'tte or cigar is laid on or in one of the depressions 12 and the ashes fall through the opening 14 down into the vase. The openings are large enough to insert the cigarette or cigar stub.

' A closure plate 15, circular in form, is mounted 'onthe under side of the lid so to be oscillatable to a limited extent and has openings 16 through it to register with the openings 14 of thelid and of the same dimensions, so that when the smoking vase is not in use the closure plate can be turned so as to close theopenings in the lid of the vase and thus leave the top of the vase or lid clean and free from ashesand cigarette or cigar stubs so that the device will not be offensive.

In other words, this smoking vase is not used excepting while one is smoking, and after one is through smoking, the ashes, cigarette stubs and cigar stubs are pushed through the opening in the lid and the lid closed, and since the lid as well as the vase can be suitably colored and shaded, the whole device furnishes a very ornamental piece of furniture, especially when it is not being used, and at no time is it offensive or filthy and there is no foul smell escaping as the lid 11 tightly closes the top of the vase by dropping in the upper part of the vase, as seen in Fig. 4'. The upper part of the vase is slightly flaring and inwardly sloping for that purpose. l

A match holder 17 is associated with the smoking vase and lid so as not only to be convenient but be used to open and close the lid. To that end the match holder is mounted on the central part of the lid and is connected by rivets 18 to the" closure plate below and the rivets 18 extend through a slotted portion 19 in the center of the lid, as shown in Fig. 2, which enables the closure plate to be turned by the match holder sufiiciently far in each direction to open and close the openings in the lid, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

The width of the ends of the slotted portions 19 determines the ei'r'tentlo'fospill'atory movement of the closure platas' the wiilIs of the slotted portions 19 stop the oscillatory movement of the rivets 18 and the closure plate in one position, as shown in Fig. 3, with each of the openings 14 closed and in another position, as shown in Fig. 4, with the openin s 14 opened.

bince the lid is removable, it can be placed on the vase upside down when the vase is not being used so as to hide the match holder and thus remove every vestige of its use or adaptability to smoking, and in either position flowers may be inserted through the o enings in the lid to render it a flower vase if desired.

Furthermore, this lid by itself, independentl of the vase, may be placed on a stand or the ike and be usedas an ash tray by turning the closure plate to closing position.

The invention claimed is:

1. A smoking vase consistin of a receptacle open at the top, a removab e lid thereon with depressions sloping downwardly toward the center of the lid and with an opening through the lower part of each depression for depositing ashes of cigars or the like, aclosure plate mounted adjacent the under side of the lid with openings therethrough adapted to register with the openings through the lid for opening and closingthe lid, and means central of said lid and closure plate for turning the closure plate to its opening and closirig positions.

2. smoking vase consistin of a receptacle open at the top, a remova le lid thereon with a series of depressions therein surrounding the center of the lid, said depressionsbeing substantially V-shaped with the point toward the center of the lid and slopin downwardly toward the center thereof an each depression having an o ening through the lower part thereo for epositing ashes of cigars or the like, radially disposed ribs between the said depressions, a closure plate mounted adjacent the under side of the lid with openings therethrough adapted to open and close the openings through the lid, and external means connected with the central portion of said closure plate for turning it on an axis concentric with the lid for opening and closing the said lid. 3

3. A smoking vase consisting of a receptacle open at the top, a removable lid thereon with a series of depressions therein surrounding the center of the lid with an opening through the lid in each depression for depositing ashes of. ci rs or the like and leaving radial ribs the depressions and the central portion of the lid elevated on a level with the outer rim of the lid, a closure plate adjacent the under side of the lid with a series of openings therethrough adapted to re ister with the openings through the lid, an a projection above the central part of the lid and which is connetted with the closure plate for turning it to open and close the openings in the lid, the connection between the rojection and closure plate extending throug an opening at the center of the lid, which permits said movement of the closure plate and limits its opening and closing movement.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature. I

. JAMES H. REICHART.

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